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Sunday, January 5, 2014

Skydiving (personalized)

Words and cords at bottom of page.

This was just for practice for a performance this weekend with my daughters, at a women's conference. I love this song. It is great! My husband (the girls dad) died when they were young. We adjusted a few of these words so that it went with a story about him. It encourages us to appreciate our lives, and to have the right perspective, and hopefully, bring us to action in a positive way.

ADD ON 1/14/14 - I also added a video (immediately below) of my daughters and I (accompanied by Daryl) singing, "Skydiving" at a women's conference. I started to cry and Janelle picked up for me. Thanks Janelle! I still struggled to sing the rest of the way through, making my voice/harmony shaky and a bit off. That just happens sometimes when something is near to your heart

Skydiving, performed by The Singing Grandma w/daughters and Daryl, on 1/11/14

Skydiving practice, end only

Skydiving practice with daughters and Daryl

Skydiving, practice, one of the harmonies

Skydiving (Key of G)

Intro -C (variant)DC (variant)D (repeat and step up vocals)

Ooooooooooooooooooooooo

Merilee

GC (variant)

He was in his early forties with a lot of life before him

EmDC (variant)

When a moment came that stopped him on a dime

Mom

GC (variant)

He spent most of the next days, starin’ at the x-rays

EmDC (variant)

talkin' 'bout the options ,and talkin' 'bout sweet time"

Janelle

Em(oooo)Em7

When it finally sank in , that thismightreally be the real end

Em? (only 1 finger)C(C variant)

How it hit him – to hear that kind of news?

Chorus

GC(variant)

He went skydiving , he went Rocky Mountain climbing

EmDC

He went 2.7 seconds on a bull named Foo Man Chu

GB

And he loved deeper, and he spoke sweeter

EmDC

And he (ooooooo) gave forgiveness he’d been denying

C (variant)

And he said (UNISON)DG

"Someday I hope you get the chance, to live like you were dying"

C(variant)Em D C(variant)

Rachelle/April

He was the husband, that she’d always wanted

He became a friend a friend would like to have

Janelle/Rachelle

And all of a sudden going fishin', wasn't such an imposition

And he went three times that year he lost his dad

Ooooooooo

Merilee (000000)

He finally read the Good Book, and he took a good, long, hard look

At what he’d do if he could do it all again

Chorus

GC(variant)

He went skydiving , he went Rocky Mountain climbing

EmDC

He went 2.7 seconds(Janelle alone) on a bull named Foo Man Chu

GB

And he loved deeper, and he spoke sweeter

EmDC

And he (ooooooo) gave forgiveness he’d been denying

C (variant)

And he said (UNISON)DEm

"Someday I hope you get the chance, to live like you were dying"

Bridge

Janelle

Em7 Em? (1 finger only)

Like tomorrow (ooooooo) was a gift and He’s got eternity to think about

C

What would he do with it

What would he do with it (add in mom) (UNISON)

C (variant)

What would you do with it? (add in Merilee/Rachelle)

What would I do with it? (add April/Shauna)

Key change to A(Change words to “I”)

AD

Skydivin’ , I’d go Rocky mountain climbing

F#mD

I’d go 2.7 seconds on a bull named Fu Man chu

AC#

And I’d love deeper and I’d speak sweeter,

F#mED

and I’d (oooooo) give forgiveness I’d been denying (watch an eagle as it was flying)